An easement grants someone access to your property for practical purposes or for other reasons. For example, your neighbors may have access to a path on your property to get to the beach. While ...

Yesterday, the Court of Appeals of Virginia addressed key requirements to prove, and rebut, the existence of an easement by prescription in Boxley v. Crouse, Record No. 0183-23-3, available here. Most ...

Senate Bill 354 to change state laws around easements is back where it started. The bill, brought by Sen. Steve Hinebauch, R-Wibaux, seeks to put some constraints on easements. Specifically, the bill ...

You and your neighbors habitually cut across another neighbor’s yard as a shortcut between intersecting public streets. The yard owner, angered, erects a barrier to stop you. Do you have any legal ...

An easement — an interest in the land of another entitling the easement owner to a limited use or enjoyment of another’s land — can be established by a variety of theories. Among them are: Express ...